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Old 09-01-2018
Insert a user input string after matched string in file

i am having file like this
Code:
#!/bin/bash

read -p 'Username: ' uservar
match='<color="red" />'


text='this is only a test
so please be patient
<color="red" />'

echo "$text" | sed "s/$match/&$uservar\g"

so desireble output what i want is if user type MARIA
Code:
this is only a test
so please be patient
<color="red" />
MARIA

when try to execute it returns me
Code:
sed: -e expression #1, char 32: unknown option to `s'

Where is a mistake, i couldnt find it.
It is working with "simple" words like PATIENT or some else, only dont work with this tags.

Last edited by RudiC; 09-01-2018 at 07:10 PM.. Reason: Changed QUOTE to CODE tags.
 

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